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J. A. DEVANTBRY. PROCESS OF MAKING GAME COUNTERS, &c.

No. 469,344. Patented Feb. 23, 1892. 19.1.

WITNESSES: a IQVENTOH %J% v f 5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JOSEPH A. DEVANTERY, on BROOKLYN, ASSIGN-OR 'ro mam w. HARRIS,

' on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PROCESS OF MAKI N G GAlVl E-COUNTERS, 81,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,344, dated February 23, 1892.

Application filed March 19, 1891. Serial No. 385,574. (No model.)

To whom it y 0071108770! liarities of its structure are somewhat exag- Be it known that I, JOSEPH A-DEVANTERY, gerated in order to the better illustrate its of Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New construction.

York, have invented a certain new and useful Similar letters of reference designate corrc- 5 5 Process of Making Game-Counters and Like spending parts in all the figures. I

Articles, of which the following is a specifica- Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, A desigtion. nates the bottom plate, and B the top plate, of

My improvement relates to game-counters a mold. These two plates are centered orfitwhich have different portions made of differted together by means of pins a on the botto out plastic materials. In the sense in which tom plate entering holes in the top plate. In-

I speak of different materials I mean to india-rubber springs a may be inserted in reclude materials of the same kind differently cesses in the bottom plate, so as to project colored. It has been common to make ganieslightly above the same to facilitate the recounters of this kind by using a body of one moval of the top plate. The top plate B is 5 5 i 5 material, a marginal portion of another maplain on the under side. Thebottom plate has,

terial, and a center of the material different however, a molding-cavity a and a waste-cavfrom the body, or of combining a body pority a surrounding the molding-cavity. The tion and a marginal portion of different maouter edge dof the molding-eavityis beveled terials. or inclined upwardly, so as to render the 2-: The object of my improvement is to secure molding-cavity flaring. The molding-cavity a better union of different materials in counalmost meets the waste-cavity a so that beters of the kinds described. tween the two cavities comparatively sharp My improvement involves the making of a cutting or defining edges a are formed. In marginal portion of one material, a body por this example of my improvement there is in 25 tion in two sections of another material, the the molding-cavity a star-shaped figure 0.

two sections having their edges beveled or This has its outer edges 0 made to taper uptapered outwardly, so that when the marginal ward. It is provided with a shank c, which portion is united with them it will overlap fits into a hole formed in the plate A. It may them andsecurelylock themin place. Where be fastened there by means of a screw in- 30 a third part, consisting of a central portion, serted partly in the shank and partly in the is used, it will be made of a single mass and plate or by any other means. It is made de the inner edges of the bod will be beveled tachable, so that another part of different or inclined, so that the center will lock upon shape may be substituted for it. Obviously them. a piece of plastic material treated in this mold 5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure l'is will have formed in its center a star-shaped a top view of the bottom plate of a mold emhole and will have a circular outer edge. I bodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a View have shown such a piece of plastic material of the under side of the top plate thereof. in Fig. Sand marked it with the letter D. It Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the mold havwill be seen from this figure that its outer o 40 ing its two parts fitted together. This last edge flares upwardly and that its inner edge View is made on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a is reversely inclined in an upward direction. top view of the main bottom plate of a com- The mold shown in Figs. 4 to 8, inclusive, pound mold used in carrying out myimprovehas a main top plate E, which has a central ment. Fig. 5 is a top View of a secondary hole e,anda secondarytop plate E provided 45 bottom plate of this compound mold. Fig. 6 with a central hub or boss 6 which may be is a bottom View of the main top plate of this arranged above the main top plate with its compound mold. Fig.7 is a bottom view of boss e fitting in the central hole 0 of such the secondary top plate of this mold. Fig. 8 main top plate. This mold also has a main is a central vertical section of the compound bottom plate E provided with a central hole 50 mold with all its parts together. Fig. 9 is a e and a secondary bottom plate E, provided section of a finished counter, but the peeuwith a hub orboss e. The main bottom plate will be placed above the secondary bottom plate with its hole a surrounding the boss 6 of the secondary bottom plate. The plates of this mold may be centered by pins in the usual manner, and, if desired, springs of india-rubber may be interposed between them. Vhile my improvement is not restricted to the use of this compound mold, such mold is advantageous. I do not lay any claim to the mold itself as a part of my invention. It will be seen that the main top and bottom plates have central molding-cavities e e, and inward of these cavities and around their cen tral holes 6 6 metal rings c a These metal rings project, respectively, above and below the molding-cavities of their plates. A mass of material which is to form the marginal portion of a counter is placed between the plates of this compound mold and is intended to fill the molding-cavities of the main top and bottom plates outside of the metal rings 6 e. If there is any surplus, it Will be forced over into waste-cavities e 6 with which the plates are provided outside of cutting-edges e 6 The metal rings 6 6 define the inner edge of the marginal portion. Two disks or sections D, such as are formed by the mold illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, and 3, will be placed one above the other between the mold-plates of the compound mold. They will be placed with their larger diameters back to back, so as to form a body-section whose edges taper from the center toward the upper and lower surfaces. When the pressing is done in the 1no1d,the material forming the marginal portion will be pressed over the edges of the body portion, and in this way a firm union or looking of the marginal portion with the body portion will be secured. A mass of plastic material will be inserted in the central open ing ofthe body portion, and, as this central opening, when the two parts or sections D are put together, as described, will havetheir edges flaring from the center toward both the top and bottom sides, this plastic material will during treatment in the mold be securely lo ked to the two sections of the body portion.

\Vhile I have described this improvement in connection with game-counters, I would remark that it mightbe applied to other artioles of analogous character.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The process of making an article of plastic material having a marginal portion anda separately-madecentral portion or body, consisting in forming the central portion or body with edges inclined or offset in reverse directions from the center toward the opposite sides and pressing the marginal portion over such edges, substantially as specified,

2. The process of making an article of plastic material having a marginal portion and a separately-made central portion or body, consistin g in forming the centralportion or body of two independent sections having their edges inclined or offset outwardly, placing these sections with their largest sides in contact within a mold, and then pressing the plastic material forming the marginal portion of the article over the edges of the central or body portion, substantially as specified.

3. The process of making an article of plastic material having a marginal portion, a separatclym ade body, and aseparately-made center within the body, consisting in forming the body with its inside and outside edges inclined or offset in reverse directions from the center toward the opposite sides and pressing the marginal and center portions over the edges of the body, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH A. DEVANTERY.

IVitnesses:

G. R. FERGUSON, D. W. MAXON. 

